Marketing Communications Manager
Location: US, , 
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Unspecified
Industry: Marketing and Advertising
Function: Marketing

Company profile:
Work with Team OoklaWe're good at what we do. Since we started back in 2006, we've been on a path of continuous success. You've heard of and probably used our most popular product: #URL_450e422841a82380e06806f99787403171aea30a1cfd4da8652d1d7f83e9bf18#. Ookla is the market leader and the global standard for measuring and testing Internet speed and connection quality. Over 5 million tests will be taken today, adding to the over four billion done to date. Talk about inpact, we have reached out to 300 Million unique individuals in the past year alone!A small, talented teamIt surprises people to discover that a company with worldwide presence like Ookla is run by about twenty people. That's possible by bringing the right individuals together with a shared mission: making the internet better and faster for everyone. The people at Ookla are not only multidisciplinary, but adept collaborators--they enjoy working with one another. And a smaller team means everyone gets a bigger share of the rewards.Work from anywhere flexibilityOokla is 100% virtual. No central headquarters. No vying for the corner office, because your office is anywhere you want it to be: your home, a coffee shop, a cabin in the woods. It's work with a life--the life you choose. And it's definitely not lonely. Ookla's online community, using voice, chat, and groupware technology, facilitates vibrant, ongoing collaboration among like-minded coworkers. And you're never stuck in traffic.Want to work at Ookla?To determine if you’d be a good fit at Ookla, ask yourself these questions:Am I self-motivated and capable of working with little or no supervision?Am I knowledgeable, talented and imaginative enough to take on a project from beginning to end?Am I always driven to improve quality and effectiveness?Am I eager and excited to work with like-minded individuals?If you answered “yes” to all those questions, Ookla may say “yes” to you.In return...Top-of-market salaryBonus &amp; profit-sharing opportunities, creating overflow that is gererously shared out.Work from anywhere flexibility -- we're 100% virtual100% paid medical &amp; dental for you and your dependentsNo set limit on paid-time offTop-of-the-line hardware (think Retina MacBook Pro)Beverages and more to outfit your home officeWe hire responsible individuals that get the vision and enable them to self manageWe know exactly where we are going and how to get there, join us.

Job description:
We're good at what we do. Since we started back in 2006, we've been on a path of continuous success. You've heard of and probably used our most popular product: #URL_450e422841a82380e06806f99787403171aea30a1cfd4da8652d1d7f83e9bf18#. Ookla is the market leader and the global standard for measuring and testing Internet speed and connection quality. Over 5 million tests will be taken today, and over 300 million unique individuals have run tests in the past year alone.It surprises people to discover that a company with worldwide presence like Ookla is run by about twenty people. That's possible by bringing the right individuals together with a shared mission: making the internet better and faster for everyone. The people at Ookla are not only multidisciplinary, but adept collaborators–they enjoy working with one another. And a smaller team means everyone gets a bigger share of the rewards.Ookla is 100% virtual, but we've also got an office space in Downtown Seattle whenever you'd like to collobrate in person. But, your primary office is anywhere you want it to be: your home, a coffee shop, a cabin in the woods. It's work with a life–the life you choose. And it's definitely not lonely. Ookla's online community, using voice, chat, and groupware technology, facilitates vibrant, ongoing collaboration among like-minded coworkers. And you're never stuck in traffic.About this positionHelp develop and promote the Ookla brand as the worldwide advocate for a better and faster internet. As the Marketing Communications Manager, you'll oversee a wide range of programs to help foster and develop our marketing and brand efforts, helping to ensure that Ookla is seen as an independent and trustworthy advocate for internet performance and quality. You'll serve as the primary producer of communications and content for all of Ookla, including both our consumer and commercial product efforts. You also manage our digital content marketing efforts, and serve as our primary contributor.Your success in this position will depend on your ability to both develop strategies as well as execute them yourself. While you'll have assistance from others, we're a small, yet elite, team. Accordingly, the ideal candidate should be self-managed, self-motivated, and capable of performing marcom duties both significant and minor, without the assistance of others.Below are the primary ways you'll help us to achieve our objectives:Produce and manage all communications for Ookla's products, commercial sales efforts and brand marketing programsDevelop brand communications programs to help communicate Ookla's brand ambitionsDevise and produce superior marketing collateral materials to support our commercial sales effortsManage our content marketing efforts, serving as a primary contributor, editor and manager of 3rd-party writers hired to produce content for our websitesAnalyze Ookla's data to produce stunning original content, articles, infographics and videosBe the primary steward of the Ookla brand, ensuring it's used properly and effectively by internal and external stakeholdersLocate and manage qualified 3rd parties in order to produce content and materials for OoklaServe as the primary point of content of media requests, occasionally serving as Ookla's public evangelistSupport and grow social media efforts for Ookla, while uncovering new opportunitiesAssist with the localization of our products, web proprieties and support documentationSource and procure physical goods that help promote the Ookla brand

Requirements:
4+ years experience in a marketing communications / content marketing roleSelf-motivated and self-managed; capable of working with little supervisionSuperior writing and editing skillsExperience managing online content marketing effortsExpertise and experience in technology, preferably in the internet and networking communications fieldsAmple experience communicating with journalists and the media -- we're not doing typical PR at Ookla, but instead working with journalists to promote a better and faster internet by sharing information and statistics toward that endSocial media management experienceData analysis skills a big plus

Benefits:
Top-of-market salaryWork from anywhere flexibility – we're a virtual company, but also have an office space in Downtown SeattleTop-shelf medical &amp; dental, 100% covered by OoklaUnlimited time offSubstantial bonus &amp; profit-sharing opportunitiesThe best hardware, software and gear availableBeverages and more to outfit your home office